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Friday, September 16, 2016

Assertion Analysis #3

       The general assertion made by Elie Wiesel is that he wanted us the stand up on something and do more due to the indifference in the society. More specifically, Wiesel suggests that the meanings that are meant to be opposite are not becoming a driving force, so for that, he want us to side up with something rather than doing nothing.
       He writes,"the opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of beauty is not ugliness, it's indifference." In this passage, Wiesel seems to be suggesting that each of the old definition of the 2 different words don't matter anymore. as a result of this, you have to do something about the old definition, otherwise, you're the problem.
       This assertion is supported by Wiesel's use of syntax, and alliteration. For example, he show his use of alliteration for the word "indifference" as his choice, as you can see the repeats of the word. He also used syntax-as he shows the 2 words that are antonyms as an example. by using syntax and alliteration, he is able to tell them to do more as the meanings don't mean anything currently!

1 comment:

  1. be specific and precise with langauge..."they don't matter anymore" who or what are you speaking about?

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